SECOND NOTION: Locations and form of power

Locations and form of power

How does gun control can be sensibilized throught art?

First document: Cartoon "gun lobby and congress" by Steve Sack published in 2010
Second document: Song "No guns allowed" by Snoop Lion in 2013
Third document: Movie "Elephant" by Gus Van Sant in 2003

In all of these artistical projects, the author always critisizes some of the aspects of weapons in America. In the first document, it shows the relation between guns and the political environmment. In the second document, a well-known rapper sensibilizes its community throught a reggae song that gets easily stuck in our heads. In the third document, Gus Van Sant offers a more comprehensive view and shows throught his art the damages of school shootings.

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